Miley Cyrus fans have been left in a state of shocked disbelief by the revelation that the Disney star is obliged, like mere mortals, to obey the the fundamental laws of physics.
The proof came during the 15-year-old's "Best of Both Worlds" tour, in which a swift costume change to transform the popstress from her alter ego …

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soo...

"Other than during this very brief transitional moment in the show, Miley performs live during the entirety of both the Hannah and Miley segments of the concert"

So, they start playing a tape of her singing the moment the chap with the cloak appears, so the track is un-interrupted while she gets her kit off ? A suspicious chap might suggest that it was all on tape to begin with and she was - shock! - miming ? Perhaps the fact that she's there at all is all that's needed to justify the "live" tag?

I don't know. My sense of child-like innocence just gets one knock-back after another these days...

They could have done that much better...

Why didn't they have a steps that went behind the podium on top of which the drummer plays - then she could have gone up the steps and been swapped over out of view - as it is about half the audience can see the "trick"!

I suppose that a thousand dollars just doesn't go very far anymore.

It's the fact that it confirms that the "performer" is not just dancing and lip-syncing to a pre-recorded track.

If I paid a thousand dollars to take my kid to some trash pop-culture music event, the least that I'd demand from it would be that the singers would appear to actually sing when they performed.

There's such a thing as willing suspension of disbelief. A person can watch a modern concert and pretend that they don't know that with rare exception big concerts are seldom "live" in the sense of big-name performers actually displaying innate talent (which is not to diminish the talents of the behind-the-scenes audio engineer, choreographer, set-designer and background dancers).

But taking the singer OFF THE STAGE under a blanket or coat and continuing to run the vocal track breaks suspension of disbelief and frankly is more than a little insulting.

Can be done without doubles!

Saw a local production of "The Mystery of Irma Vep", a two-person show. At one point, one of the players exited out a door and reappeared through another door within five seconds, having totally changed costumes. It startled the audience into complete silence, then got a huge round of applause.

Kiddie Korn

What can you expect from kiddie korn acts. They somehow have to keep things popping or else the audience will realize how tasteless it all is. This is the worst stage presentation I've seen, the production values are simply not there, otherwise they might have produced an intermediary set piece for the Montana-Miley transition.

I want my sacharine to be real!

Who cares if behind the scenes she is doing blow and half the road crew? If our kids pay $10 to see a xenophobic and distorted view of americana and youth culture, it should be the genuine purveyor of that distorted view. The risk of 2 wrongs actually making a right is too high and too damging to the american way of life to be allowed to happen!

But she is REAL

More importantly

Whilst it may be excusable to use a stand-in for part of your dreadful stage act, the thing that is being forgotten here is that the shame of Billy-Ray Cyrus's music should echo down the generations of his family, and they should be forced to atone for the horrors he inflicted on us. Maybe some sort of legislation can be pushed through by the Hague?